A selection of short stories by Guy de Maupassant, a French realist of the nineteenth century. These tales move between tragedy and comedy and often draw on ordinary lives, irony, and the society of his time. They are worth listening to for their clear style, sharp observation, and varied human portraits.
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A SELECTION from the WRITINGS of GUY DE MAUPASSANT SHORT STORIES of the TRAGEDY AND COMEDY OF LIFE WITH A CRITICAL PREFACE BY PAUL BOURGET of the French Academy AND AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT ARNOT, M.A. VOL. I {of III ??} TABLE OF CONTENTS.[*] VOLUME I. 1. MADEMOISELLE FIFI 2. AN AFFAIR OF STATE 3. THE ARTIST 4. THE HORLA 5. MISS HARRIET 6. THE HOLE 7. LOVE 8. THE INN 9. A FAMILY 10. BELLFLOWER 11. WHO KNOWS?
12. THE DEVIL 13. EPIPHANY 14. SIMON'S PAPA 15. WAITER, A "BOCK" 16. THE SEQUEL TO A DIVORCE 17. THE MAD WOMAN 18. IN VARIOUS ROLES 19. THE FALSE GEMS 20. COUNTESS SATAN 21. THE COLONEL'S IDEAS 22. TWO LITTLE SOLDIERS 23. GHOSTS 24. WAS IT A DREAM? 25. THE DIARY OF A MADMAN 26. AN UNFORTUNATE LIKENESS 27. A COUNTRY EXCURSION [*] At the close of the last volume will be found a complete list of the French Titles of De Maupassant's writings, with their English equivalents. GUY DE MAUPASSANT Of the French writers of romance of the latter part of the nineteenth century no one made a reputation as quickly as did Guy de Maupassant. Not one has preserved that reputation with more ease, not only during life, but in death. None so completely hides his personality in his glory. In an epoch of the utmost publicity, in which the most insignificant deeds of a celebrated man are spied, recorded, and commented on, the author of "Boule de Suif," of "Pierre et Jean," of "Notre Coeur," found a way of effacing his personality in his work. Of De Maupassant we know that he was born in Normandy
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